Illustration of Atelier Catherine Polnecq beside the Church of Saint-Ambroise

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News from the atelier, research carried out around artworks, the passing on of expertise and developments in our working environment.

View of Saint-Ambroise church from the atelier window

The atelier moves to rue Lacharrière

Catherine Polnecq now welcomes clients on rue Lacharrière, in Paris’s 11th arrondissement.

Peter Paul Rubens’ Christ on the Cross in visible light
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TF1 · Rubens’ Christ on the Cross rediscovered

In this report, Catherine Polnecq explains how high-definition infrared reflectography contributed to the study of Christ on the Cross, attributed to Peter Paul Rubens.

Framed paintings in the atelier, a still from the Affaire conclue report broadcast in 2022

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France 2 · Bringing treasured objects back to life

In Affaire conclue: redonner vie à vos objets, Catherine Polnecq restores a seventeenth-century painting by François Perrier, from infrared examination through cleaning and varnish removal.